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have no part in the talks. according to the south african military historian jakkie cilliers, negotiations between smith and nkomo progressed well and " seemed on the verge of success " by the start of september 1978. on 2 september, smith and nkomo revealed publicly that the secret meetings had taken place. = = = prior threats to rhodesian air traffic = = = rhodesian air traffic was not seriously threatened until about 1977, in the latter stages of the war ; before this time, neither revolutionary force had the weapons to launch a viable attack against an aerial target. the weapon that made such attacks feasible for zipra was the